Kate McKinnon Is Finally Getting Her Own Movie

Kate McKinnon, best known for her performances as Hillary Clinton, Kellyanne Conway and other characters on Saturday Night Live, will finally be the star of her own movie. The actress is set to play the lead in The Lunch Witch, a comedy based on Deb Lucke's youth novel of the same name, Deadline reports. The film will be directed by Clay Kaytis, co-director of Angry Birds, who'll make his live-action debut with this project.

The comedian will take the role of Grunhilda, a witch who ends up working as a school cafeteria lunch lady since "no one believes in magic anymore," according to Deadline. Though she enjoys scaring the children at school—as witches do—she sparks an unlikely friendship with a student, which could lead to trouble.

McKinnon's last major film role was in Ghostbusters this year, where she starred alongside Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Chris Hemsworth. She'll also make an appearance in the Jennifer Aniston-starring comedy Office Christmas Party, which opens tomorrow. She's been a member of the SNL cast since 2012, and won an Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series this year.

Get excited for her headlining role with some of her best SNL sketches below.

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